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MAUI NEWSPAPER REPORTS JAPANESE ATTACKS TWO WEEKS AFTER PEARL HARBOR

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:37.50 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
MAUI NEWSPAPER REPORTS JAPANESE ATTACKS TWO WEEKS AFTER PEARL HARBOR
Two copies of the Maui News, Wailuka, Maui, Dec. 20 & 22, 1941, single sheets. The Dec. 20th War Extra has the head line "U.S. Wins China Battle 22,000 Nazis are Killed Davao Under Fire". Paper also details American fighters downing Japanese aircraft and a U.S. air field in Manila being bombed. Also states that Roosevelt will be giving the eastern command to Douglas MacArthur. The Dec. 22 issue bears the headline "30 Land on Maui's Coast". Goes into detail how the S.S. Lahaina, a Matson freighter, had been torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, and how a tiny lifeboat brought thirty of the men to safety. The men go into details about how they were only allowed to have one half cup of water per day, and how they ate lemons to survive. The paper continues with reports of ships being torpedoed in San Francisco by Japanese submarines. A fascinating read. Fine.

Estimate: $75 - 100.

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